{"id":481802,"date":"2026-06-04T00:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481802\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:47:08","slug":"man-city-transfers-ornstein-reveals-opening-offer-for-anderson-rejected-by-nottingham-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481802\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City transfers: Ornstein reveals &#8216;opening offer&#8217; for Anderson &#8216;rejected&#8217; by Nottingham Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have seen their \u2018opening offer\u2019 for Elliot Anderson \u2018rejected\u2019 by Nottingham Forest, according to David Ornstein.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson has emerged as one of the finest central midfielders in the Premier League across the last two seasons after joining Forest for \u00a335m from Newcastle in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is set to start at the heart of England\u2019s midfield at the World Cup this summer alongside Declan Rice and both Manchester United and Manchester City have been targeting his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Reports have claimed Forest want at least \u00a3100m for their prized asset and Ornstein has now revealed that <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7326604\/2026\/06\/03\/elliot-anderson-manchester-city-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\">they\u2019ve rebuffed an opening bid from City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s transfer guru insists that \u2018City\u2019s pursuit of the England international remains ongoing\u2019 but Forest \u2018will look to get the best possible deal\u2019 after club chiefs of the two clubs met in Budapest last week and amid a \u2018reluctant acceptance that he likely to depart\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The report adds:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fellow midfielders Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez and Declan Rice all moved for in excess of \u00a3100m in recent years with the \u00a3105m total package Arsenal agreed to pay West Ham in July 2023 viewed by some as the price any suitor would need to beat in guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis and City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak spoke at UEFA\u2019s Champions League dinner in Budapest last Thursday, which included numerous senior figures in football, but there is no suggestion they negotiated on Anderson, sources with knowledge of the meeting have told The Athletic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ornstein confirms that while United \u2018held an interest\u2019 in Anderson, \u2018other midfield targets have been seen as more credible\u2019 as they would not be able to match the price City are willing to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd\u2019s more \u2018credible\u2019 targets<\/p>\n<p>One such midfielder, Ederson, is set to be confirmed as the Red Devils\u2019 first signing of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Ornstein said on Tuesday: \u2018Manchester United reach agreement with Atalanta to sign Ederson.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Price for 26yo midfielder \u20ac40.5m fixed + \u20ac4.5m of potential bonuses. Personal terms in place on 4+1yr deal. Must still do medical &amp; all parties plan to complete early July.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-romano-plan-ederson-confirmation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabrizio Romano later revealed on his YouTube channel<\/a>: \u201cAnd don\u2019t forget that this is just the first one for Man Utd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will do many other things on the market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least one more midfielder because Casemiro is leaving, Manuel Ugarte is leaving, and so Man Utd are going to be very busy in the upcoming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City have seen their \u2018opening offer\u2019 for Elliot Anderson \u2018rejected\u2019 by Nottingham Forest, according to David Ornstein.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13603,914,42,8579,43,9884,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-481802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-elliot-anderson","tag-front-page","tag-headlines","tag-manchester-city","tag-news","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}